Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.20
अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तं जानन्न् अग्न आ रोहाधा नो वर्धय रयिम् ॥१॥
ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ | taṃ jānann agna ā rohādhā no vardhaya rayim ||1||
This is thy seasonable womb (yóni), whence born thou didst shine; knowing it, O Agni, ascend thou; then increase our wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने अछा वदेह नः प्रत्यङ् नः सुमना भव । प्र णो यछ विशां पते धनदा असि नस् त्वम् ॥२॥
agne achā vadeha naḥ pratyaṅ naḥ sumanā bhava | pra ṇo yacha viśāṃ pate dhanadā asi nas tvam ||2||
O Agni, speak unto us here; be turned toward us with good-will; bestow upon us, O lord of the people (víç); giver of riches art thou to us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्र णो यछत्व् अर्यमा प्र भगः प्र बृहस्पतिः । प्र देवीः प्रोत सूनृता रयिं देवी दधातु मे ॥३॥
pra ṇo yachatv aryamā pra bhagaḥ pra bṛhaspatiḥ | pra devīḥ prota sūnṛtā rayiṃ devī dadhātu me ||3||
Let Aryaman bestow upon us, let Bhaga, let Brihaspati, let the goddesses; let the divine Sūnṛtā also assign wealth to me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सोमं राजानम् अवसे ऽग्निं गीर्भिर् हवामहे । आदित्यम् विष्णुम् सूर्यं ब्रह्माणं च बृहस्पतिम् ॥४॥
somaṃ rājānam avase 'gniṃ gīrbhir havāmahe | ādityam viṣṇum sūryaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatim ||4||
King Soma [and] Agni we call to aid with [our] songs (gír); [also] Āditya, Vishṇu, Sūrya, and the priest (brahmán) Brihaspati.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वं नो अग्ने अग्निभिर् ब्रह्म यज्ञं वर्धय । त्वं नो देव दातवे रयिं दानाय चोदय ॥५॥
tvaṃ no agne agnibhir brahma yajñaṃ vardhaya | tvaṃ no deva dātave rayiṃ dānāya codaya ||5||
Do thou, O Agni, with the fires (agní), increase our worship (bráhman) and sacrifice; do thou, O god, stir us up to give, unto giving wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इन्द्रवायू उभाव् इह सुहवेह हवामहे । यथा नः सर्व इज् जनः संगत्यां सुमना असद् दानकामश् च नो भुवत् ॥६॥
indravāyū ubhāv iha suhaveha havāmahe | yathā naḥ sarva ij janaḥ saṃgatyāṃ sumanā asad dānakāmaś ca no bhuvat ||6||
Indra-and-Vāyu, both of them here, we call here with good call, that to us even every man may be well-willing in intercourse, and may become desirous of giving to us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अर्यमणं बृहस्पतिम् इन्द्रं दानाय चोदय । वातं विष्णुं सरस्वतीं सवितारं च वाजिनम् ॥७॥
aryamaṇaṃ bṛhaspatim indraṃ dānāya codaya | vātaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarasvatīṃ savitāraṃ ca vājinam ||7||
Do thou stir up Aryaman, Brihaspati, Indra, unto giving; [also] Vāta (wind), Vishṇu, Sarasvatī, and the vigorous (vājín) Savitar.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वाजस्य नु प्रसवे सं बभूविमेमा च विश्वा भुवनानि अन्तः । उतादित्सन्तं दापयतु प्रजानन् रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ ॥८॥
vājasya nu prasave saṃ babhūvimemā ca viśvā bhuvanāni antaḥ | utāditsantaṃ dāpayatu prajānan rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha ||8||
In the impulse (prasavá) of vigor (? vā́ja) now have we come into being, and all these beings within. Both let him, foreknowing, cause him to give who is unwilling to give, and do thou confirm to us wealth having all heroes.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दुह्राम् मे पञ्च प्रदिषो दुह्राम् उर्वीर् यथाबलम् । प्रापेयं सर्वा आकूतीर् मनसा हृदयेन च ॥९॥
duhrām me pañca pradiṣo duhrām urvīr yathābalam | prāpeyaṃ sarvā ākūtīr manasā hṛdayena ca ||9||
Let the five directions yield (duh) to me, let the wide ones yield according to their strength; may I obtain all my designs, with mind and heart.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
गोसनिं वाचम् उदेयं वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि । आ रुन्धां सर्वतो वायुस् त्वष्टा पोषं दधातु मे ॥१०॥
gosaniṃ vācam udeyaṃ varcasā mābhyudihi | ā rundhāṃ sarvato vāyus tvaṣṭā poṣaṃ dadhātu me ||10||
A kine-winning voice may I speak; with splendor do thou arise upon me; let Vāyu (wind) enclose (ā-rudh) on all sides; let Tvashṭar assign to me abundance.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)